FKIE_CVE-2007-6595

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-31 19:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
Summary
ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli_gentempfd function in libclamav/others.c or on (2) .ascii files used by sigtool, when utf16-decode is enabled.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28949Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29891
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31437
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1019148
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28949Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31437
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.92
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